Welcome to June! My name is Nancy Mills and I serve as one of the Members At Large for the BCMG Board. I have been a Master Gardener since 2020 as well as a wife, mother of three grown kids, and grandmother of six growing grandkids. My husband, Mike, and I celebrated our 50th anniversary in November and will continue …
Scion – May 2023
Hello, Master Gardeners and local San Antonio area community gardeners, I am Ronald “Butch” Lee and I have been a Master Gardener for six years. I have been on the Bexar County Master Gardener (BCMG) Board for two years, first serving as the Secretary and now as Treasurer. The last couple of years have been challenging for the organization and …
Scion – April 2023
My name is Linda Cace and I’ve been a Master Gardener for ten years. I recently joined the Master Gardener board as Member-at-Large 2, and it has given me a new appreciation for how much our organization does and how much our members contribute to our community. Over the years I’ve participated in many activities sponsored by the Bexar County …
Scion – March 2023
“Autumn arrives in the early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.”― Elizabeth Bowen It’s almost spring y’all! I’m Nora Fellows and this is my second year serving as the Membership Director for the Bexar County Master Gardeners. The first day of spring (Spring Equinox) is Monday, March 20th. The date of our last frost is usually …
Scion – February 2023
“February is the border between winter and spring.” -Terri Guillemets Welcome to February! AgriLife Extension Service tells us to “learn to like ugly.” It was so tempting with the warmer temps we had at the end of January to go out and prune the plants that were damaged by the cold snap we had in December. Leaving the plants as …
Scion – January 2023
Volume 33, Issue #1 – January 2023 “What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year.” –Vern McLellan Happy New Year, BCMG! I am honored to once again be serving as President for 2023. As we enter this New Year, we are looking forward to doing more in-person activities. …
Scion – December 2022
Volume 32, Issue #12 – December 2022 “Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” –Hal Borland This year was another challenging one as things throughout our beautiful city were still coming back online after the pandemic shutdown. As things started opening up again, our …
Scion – December 2022
Volume 32, Issue #12 – December 2022 “Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” –Hal Borland This year was another challenging one as things throughout our beautiful city were still coming back online after the pandemic shutdown. As things started opening up again, our …
Scion – November 2022
Volume 32, Issue #11 – November 2022 Introducing Andres Villagran, Bexar County Extension’s New Youth Gardens Coordinator Interviewed by Judy Warren, Vice President of the Bexar County Master Gardeners Andres was born and raised in San Antonio. He became a volunteer at the San Antonio Zoo when he was 14, and in 4 years was supervising volunteers as an employee, …
Scion – October 2022
Volume 32, Issue #10 – October 2022 It is finally October! Cooler temps at last. From the (second) Big Freeze in February to the scorching 100+ temps of June and our Exceptional Drought, the year 2022 has been a year for determining plant survivability. Like many gardeners, I have narrowed my list of preferred plants based on who survived this …